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The Tale of Two Random String Functions

kcully, January 29, 2013

I’ve been thinking a lot of random strings lately. Notice that this isn’t about generating a UUID. I just wanted to generate a reasonably random string. Originally I had need for a user ‘typable’ string. I get really frustrated by the CAPTCHA strings when they include the ambiguous characters of I, 1, O, and 0. [...]

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Selectively removing HTML from Foxpro tables

kcully, January 7, 2013

I was working with some web developers upgrading a VFP data driven website. There were many HTML tags and references in memo fields that needed to be removed when moving to the new site design. I didn’t want to remove ALL of the HTML tags, but just some. I modified some code that I found [...]

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New business cards

kcully, September 14, 2009

So I’m designing new business cards for CULLY Technologies and ordering through an online print store. I created my own design and uploaded that. Extra charge. Premium paper. Extra charge. Speedy delivery. Extra charge. I’m looking at the total and it’s starting to add up *however* I don’t have a problem with any of these [...]

Tags: Business Cards, Marketing
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HD Antenna with Over The Air Broadcast, Alpharetta, GA

kcully, June 11, 2009

I repositioned the antenna rotator in my attic this past weekend. It’s got a full range of motion now instead of it hitting some attic joists, which is nice. I lost a couple of pounds in the 120-130 degree temps in my attic. Ah well, it’s all for the cause, eh? I then hooked up [...]

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MEPIS Linux Thunderbird EMail Blocked By Guarddog Firewall

kcully, May 1, 2009

I had this problem solved several years ago … but of course I had forgotten it. I hope this helps someone else out. I have Comcast Internet which has blocked port 25 in sending email, and now allows port 50. That port can change any day now, and without warning, no thanks to spammers. I [...]

Tags: Comcast, Firewall, Guarddog, MEPIS, Thunderbird
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Updating home machines to MEPIS 8.0

kcully, March 29, 2009

I’m on machine #2 of my house-wide upgrade to MEPIS 8.0 which is my Son’s desktop. He’s got some network card that reports itself as a “davicom semiconductor” card and the upgrade didn’t like it. No network access. I poked around and found the following commands that when executed as “su” solved my problem. Note [...]

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sudo Open This Lego Box

kcully, December 27, 2008

My 9 year old son walked into my office yesterday. He was carrying his prized Lego Star Wars AT-TE Walker box and he asked me if I could open the box for him. “Are you sure you want me to open that?” I say in a playful voice. “Yes, just open the box Dad!” says [...]

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Visual Foxpro Debugger Gone Bonkers

kcully, December 15, 2008

I must say that I haven’t ever seen this one before. I’m transitioning from an XP Pro machine to a new Vista machine. I’m now trying to debug through a VCX and … this. What gives?!?!

Tags: Visual Foxpro
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